cover image: Conferring of the CMG on Dr Robert Laws, Malawi, 1923

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Conferring of the CMG on Dr Robert Laws, Malawi, 1923

1923

Photograph of Dr Robert Laws being made a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG). Dr Laws is standing on a platform which is decorated with flowers and bunting whilst he receives the honour. A group can be seen gathered round the platform watching the ceremony. The CMG is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 and named in honour of two military saints, St. Michael and St. George. This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to Dr Robert Laws (1851-1934) the Scottish Missionary. In 1875, inspired by David Livingstone (1813-1873), Laws travelled to Malawi and was involved in the foundation of the mission station of Livingstonia on the shores of Lake Nyasa. During the succeeding 50 years he also established a network of hundreds of schools. In 1908 Laws was elected moderator of the General Assembly of the United Free Church of Scotland.
awards honor group portraits laws, robert, 1851-1934

Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m68639
Dates
1923
Format
Lantern slides
Pages
1 lantern slide : 8 x 8 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Malawi
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Malawi
Reference
impa-m68639 [Legacy record ID]; imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS5-1-053.tif
Rights
Centre for the Study of World Christianity Contact the repository for details. The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk http://www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/collections/
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/c7f536911c9ade19b651d090a4f12508

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